in every universe (one shot-s) | JENLISA

in an instant (everything or nothing)

this may be one of my favs and this took like too much time to adapt. it's a long-ass one shot so take a sit and enjoy! (mention that there is mention of death and grief)

"No."

"Lisa-"

"No."

"Lisa!"

Exasperated, she lets the ball she's juggling fall to the ground before looking up to her friend.

"Jennie's a nice girl. I think you two could really get along if you tried."

"Jay," Lisa sighs deeply, "I've told you a million times now that I'm not interested."

"And I still don't understand why," Jayden presses.

"She's uptight," Lisa mutters under her breath.

"Lis..."

"What?" she questions defensively whilst turning to flick her ballup again. "Can't I just be happy being single? I don't know why you and Bea keep insisting on this."

"Because we love you both and really think you could be great together, L. I'm not trying to say that you aren't happy being single. I just want you to give it one shot and if it doesn't work, that's fine."

"It won't work, Jay. There's no point in even trying." Lisa shakes her head, beginning to juggle the ball quicker.

"How can you say that? You'll never know until you try," Jay counters.

"We're so different, dude" she speaks through an exhale, forcefully trapping the ball under her foot and looking up at him seriously. She quickly glances to the house behind him where Bea and Jennie were inside to make sure no one was listening before lowering her voice and explaining, "She likes to read books and use a planner and dress nice and go to the spa with Bea and that's fine! But I don't! I hate those things! I like this," she gestures to the ball wildly, passing it to him before continuing. "I like sports and beer and burgers and beanies and no shoes and I- I'm not anything like her. I mean, dude, she's an event planner and I'm a sports photographer. In what world does that make sense?"

Jay stands with the ball trapped under his own foot, staring at her intently with his hazel eyes. "You do understand that the phrase 'opposites attract' is a thing for a reason, right?"

"Jay," Lisa groans, bringing her hands to her face in frustration.

"Well?" He chuckles. "Do you think I like to sit at the nail salon with Bea? No. Or do you think that I enjoy getting up for Sunday Brunch with friends? No. That doesn't mean I don't love her. Relationships are a compromise, Lisa. Bea and I are different in so many ways but I love her for who she is. There are a ton of things she likes to do and I don't, and vice versa, but you make it work and you learn that you love seeing them happy so much, those things you don't enjoy barely even matter anymore."

"Yeah but you and Bea also enjoy a lot of the same things. It's different."

"If you gave Jennie a chance, you might find things in common with her too," Jay replies as he passes the ball back to her.

"Oh my god," Lisa mutters to herself as the ball rolls to her feet. She stares at it in silence for a few moments before flicking it up to catch in her hands and reverting her attention back to Jay. "Why Jennie? You've never brought up another girl before."

"Sure I have!"

Lisa nearly asks for names, but instead she bites down onto her lip and sucks in a deep breath.

Jay watches her closely, noticing the way she rapidly taps her fingers onto the ball in her hand and squeezes her eyes shut tight for a moment.

"One date," she exhales. "I'm not planning a thing. Tell me when and where and I'll be there. Just so you can finally shut up about it."